A Maydogma Tradition continues....

http://www.nit.org/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/nit/sports/m-nit/auto_pdf/031708-bracket


Here are my picks for this year's Not In Tournament:

1st Round: Ohio St, Cal, Dayton, Illinois St, Morgan St (think VA Tech wants to play this game?), VCU, Nebraska, Mississippi St., Arizona St (eh, I think they'll be motivated for a few days), South Illinois, Rhode Island, Florida (Ha!), Syracuse (they won their first game last year in front of the largest NIT crowd ever; so I'll be pissed if it doesn't happen this year), Maryland, Akron, UMass

2nd Round: Ohio St, Dayton, VCU, Mississippi St., Arizona St, Florida, Maryland, UMass

Semi-Finals: Ohio St, VCU, Florida, Maryland

Finals: Ohio St, Florida

Winner: Florida


(Note: I'm bucking the trend of picking against bubble teams and going with some big names. Plus, I think some NIT official might get an idea of "Hey, we could rig this thing so last year's championship finalist are in the NIT finals this year and steal 'headlines' for a few minutes." Plus, I could see the pissy Florida fans being happy about being undefeat in 3 straight post season and how that's the 'greatest thing to ever happen in basketball history' or some crap like that.)


Happy Picking...

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